Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Chaper 4

I caught myself rubbing my forehead almost painfully as I barely skimmed over the pages in Chapter 4. I think that reading this is worse than seeing this acted out on some TV show or cheesy Lifetime Movie. You really get to experience the fear and panic. I've read this before and it still makes me feel almost desperate, hoping the words would change and Missy would be found. This reminds me of the first time I cried when I read a book; when Jack died in Little House on the Prairie. I don't know about you, but this being one of my worst nightmares was almost too difficult to read. I want to go look at Summit sleeping and just be thankful that he is here. Regardless of how poor William P. Young's writing may or may not be, (that, being most of the discussion so far and less the content itself it seems,) the emotions and feelings are all there. With Ben working late and not here, like Ashley said in her post- I feel so helpless to keep him safe from the evils of the world!

1 comment:

Schell said...

I did not like this chapter at all. I found myself scheming over this chapter not wanting to dwell on on the paragraphs that describe the horrible events of loosing Missy. The reality of almost loosing two children by accident to be replaced by actually loosing one to a predator, you could defiantly sense his despair and sadness. I will say that I did in some way identify with his feeling of going to the cabin in the woods for answers. That feeling of needing to know...haven't we all been there?

"But in spite of his anger and depression, Mack knew he needed some answers. He realized he was stuck, and Sunday prayers and hymns weren't cutting it anymore, if they ever had." pg. 66

Haven't we all felt this way at some point? Maybe not to this depth, but in some way, at some time, we have all longed to seek out answers to this God we have heard about.